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Accessing the OSMIS Services

Accessing the OSMIS Services. The OSMIS Service Desk. By telephone to 0161 883 1290 By email to support@osmis.co.uk On line at http ://www.osmisschools.com/report-an-incident /. The OSMIS Service Desk.

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Accessing the OSMIS Services

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  1. Accessing the OSMIS Services

  2. The OSMIS Service Desk • By telephone to 0161 883 1290 • By email to support@osmis.co.uk • On line at • http://www.osmisschools.com/report-an-incident/

  3. The OSMIS Service Desk • Prior to accessing support services, please register as a user in school by completing the form at • http://www.osmisschools.com/create-a-new-user/ • Name • Email • Direct dial • Availability

  4. The OSMIS Service Desk • Everyone who booked on to this session has already been added to our systems

  5. The OSMIS Service Desk • First Tier • Annie Burns • Matthew Watson

  6. The OSMIS Service Desk • Product Specialists • Dave Cattlin • Performance and Core • John Howarth • Technical and Attendance • David Pott • Performance • Gordon Allison • School Improvement • Neil Gregory • Curriculum and Exams

  7. The OSMIS Service Desk • Product Specialists • Carl Gaskell • Performance and Exams • Richard Metcalfe • Performance and Exams • Rob Lloyd • Performance and Reporting • Jacqueline Redmond • Personnel and Finance • Jamie Forder • Technical and Infrastructure

  8. Health Check Visits

  9. Health Check Visits • Each school is entitled to a half day on site with a SIMS expert • The visiting consultant will have a minimum of 5 years appropriate experience in the use and support of SIMS and be able to answer any questions you may have about the system

  10. Health Check Visits • The purpose of the visit is to • baseline the use of the MIS in each school • provide school leaders with a view of ways in which better use of the system can improve and streamline processes in school.

  11. Health Check Visits • One half day is not a lot to cover all that SIMS can do and the school will have priorities for discussion • In order to focus discussion, schools are asked to complete a form prior to arranging the visit • http://www.osmisschools.com/audit/

  12. Health Check Visits • Once the form has been received, the service desk will be in touch to arrange a suitable date for the visit

  13. Accessing On Site Works

  14. Accessing On Site Works • We are pleased to offer schools a complete range of support in meeting their identified needs • Advice and Information • On Site Training for individuals and groups of staff • Configuration of systems for use • Attendance • Behaviour • Assessment • Discover • Technical and Infrastructure advice, support and services

  15. Accessing On Site Works • Please call the service desk in the first instance and ask to speak to the appropriate product specialist

  16. Accessing On Site Works • Please call the service desk in the first instance and ask to speak to the appropriate product specialist • Complete the request for service form at • www.blackburntradedservices.co.uk

  17. Accessing On Site Works • Please call the service desk in the first instance and ask to speak to the appropriate product specialist • Complete the request for service form at • www.blackburntradedservices.co.uk

  18. Accessing On Site Works • Please call the service desk in the first instance and ask to speak to the appropriate product specialist • Complete the request for service form at • www.blackburntradedservices.co.uk • Complete the request for service form at • http://www.osmisschools.com/service-request/

  19. Accessing On Site Works • The appropriate consultant will then be in touch to complete arrangements and to deliver the service

  20. Scheduled Training Sessions – Summer 2014 • All sessions will take place at Witton Park CLC

  21. Scheduled Training Sessions – Summer 2014 • To reserve a place on any session, please follow the links on the BwD traded services web site • www.blackburntradedservices.co.uk

  22. Scheduled Training Sessions – Summer 2014 Although we have provided a full calendar, we are keen to hear the views of schools and will happily schedule any session for which there is a demand Please see the full course catalogue at http://www.osmisschools.com/training-catalogue/

  23. Course Manager and Post 16 Learning Aims • 24th April – full day • At the end of this course delegates will be able to:Manage course definitions with regard to the relationship between course manager and other areas of SIMSWork with an understanding of examination awards and courses of study linking examination awards to courses of study managing the Post 16 Learning Aims processes

  24. SIMS Technical Essentials • 28th April – full day • By the end of the course you will be understand the range of approaches to the maintenance and management of the SIMS system including:identifying the components of SIMS\FMSusing SOLUS to upgrade SIMS\FMSusing DBAttach to upgrade SIMS\FMSusing SOLUS to apply a patchusing DBAttach to apply a patchhow to backup and restore SIMS and FMSan understanding of what SQL is and how it worksHow to create users and reset passwords in System Manager.

  25. Assessment Essential Skills - Secondary ~ 2 day course • 1st and 2nd May – 2 days • By the end of the course you will be understand the key components and capabilities of SIMS Assessment including: • marksheet features; aspects: grade sets; result sets; categories; system utilities;templates; groups; formulae; individual reports; basic analysis of data

  26. Extended Reporting 6th May – full day At the end of this course delegates will be able to:produce more complicated lists and mail merged documentsmodify templates to adjust the appearance of reports including incorporating headed paperdevelop the use of RTF output exploring cross-modular links in the datause different focuses as the starting point for reportsexplore the use of macros in Excel related reportsextending the use of the Analysis tool

  27. Attendance Reporting – Primary 7th May – full day By the end of the course you will be understand the SIMS approach to the reporting, evaluation and use of attendance data including:reporting attendance data to help monitor attendance functionality provided by the pre-defined SIMS Attendance reportsfunctionality provided by the SIMS Attendance lettershow to analyse attendance and real-time data on the SIMS Homepage

  28. Behaviour Management - Primary 8th May – full day At the end of this course delegates will be able to:set up and configure the Behaviour Management areaedit relevant lookup tables to meet the needs of and terminology used in an individual schooluse the behaviour and achievement recording routines for both individuals and groups of pupilsset up and administer individual and scheduled detentions including letters to parentscreate report cards to enable the monitoring of session behaviourproduce information on the data held in this area using the reports supplied in SIMS

  29. Behaviour Management – Secondary 9th May – full day At the end of this course delegates will be able to:set up and configure the Behaviour Management areaedit relevant lookup tables to meet the needs of and terminology used in an individual schooluse the behaviour and achievement recording routines for both individuals and groups of pupilsset up and administer individual and scheduled detentions including letters to parentscreate report cards to enable the monitoring of session behaviourproduce information on the data held in this area using the reports supplied in SIMS

  30. Analysing Assessment Data - Primary 15th May – full day By the end of the course you will be able to configure SIMS Assessment to:create and maintain user-defined groupscreate tracking gridscreate and use analysis grids; group, aspect, chance and result setuse assessment marksheets to analyse outcomes,employing a range of filters as appropriateuse SIMS Discover to create dynamic groups for the purposes of analysis in SIMS Assessment

  31. Analysing Assessment Data -Secondary 16th May – full day By the end of the course you will be able to configure SIMS Assessment to:create and maintain user-defined groupscreate tracking gridscreate and use analysis grids; group, aspect, chance and result setuse assessment marksheets to analyse outcomes,employing a range of filters as appropriateuse SIMS Discover to create dynamic groups for the purposes of analysis in SIMS Assessment

  32. Using the MIS to support OFSTED Inspections - Secondary 21st May – full day At the end of the session you will have an improved understanding of:how to interpret RAISEonline analysishow assessment analyses from SIMS can support the schools self-evaluationhow to use SIMS in the classroom to show progress

  33. Discover Assessment User - Secondary 22nd May – full day By the end of the course you will be understand the key components and capabilities of SIMS Discover with Assessment including:The creation and management of a range of Discover Graphs including Grade and Marks tracking progress graphs, Average Marks bar graphs, Venn Diagrams and more

  34. Early Years Tracking and reporting progress using SIMS 3rd June – full day By the end of the course you will be understand the key components and capabilities of the trackers and be able to manage the resources for use in school

  35. Behaviour Management Reporting - Secondary 5th June – half day By the end of the course you will be able to make efficient use of SIMS to:run pre-defined achievement and behaviour reportscreate analysis reports based on behaviour and achievement dataproduce personalised letters based on a behaviour or achievement eventdesign reports relevant to behaviour or achievementmodify your SIMS Home page to receive information about behaviour and achievement events

  36. Behaviour Management Reporting - Primary 5th June – half day By the end of the course you will be able to make efficient use of SIMS to:run pre-defined achievement and behaviour reportscreate analysis reports based on behaviour and achievement dataproduce personalised letters based on a behaviour or achievement eventdesign reports relevant to behaviour or achievementmodify your SIMS Home page to receive information about behaviour and achievement events

  37. End of Academic Year - Secondary 10th June – half day At the end of this course delegates will be able to:manage all elements of end of year processes including data management and tidy routines which will best place the school to begin the new year set up a new Academic Year, manage student curriculum assignments and preadmission processes and achieve a successful transfer of Timetable information

  38. Equipment Register – Asset Management 13th June – full day This course begins with the content as per the Equipment Register course plus:assigning a financial value to an assetthe journals, entries and cash-flow associated with Asset Managementdefining asset types and depreciation modesundertaking annual depreciation and reverse if necessaryretiring an asset

  39. SIMS Office User - Further Techniques – Primary 16th June – full day The course looks at the following:managing the school diaryadding a bulletin to the homepagemanaging extended pupil datamanaging agents and agenciesmanaging exclusionsmanaging user defined groupsmanaging user defined fieldsmanaging lookupsmaking use of bulk routines and housekeeping routinesextended use of CTF’s 

  40. SIMS Reporting - Top Tips and Techniques 26th June – full day At the end of this course delegates will be able to:understand and make fuller use of the SIMS reporting dictionaryunderstand and make fuller use of reporting techniques such as MailMerge, RTF output, sub-reports and filteringautomate the production of reports using CommandReportermanipulate report outputs using Microsoft Office

  41. End of Academic Year - Primary Schools 8th July – half day At the end of this course delegates will be able to:manage all elements of end of year processes including the management of pre-admissions, pastoral promotion and data management and tidy routines which will best place the school to begin the new year

  42. Examinations Organiser - Results Analysis - Secondary 15th July – half day At the end of this course delegates will be able to:import and snag results filescalculate PI informationrun reports and analysesexport results to Excel for further analysiscreate and distribute results marksheets

  43. Agenda • Spring Update Content • SIMS Core • Statutory Returns • SIMS Learning Gateway • Performance Suite • Personnel • FMS • Technical • Exams and Post 16 Changes

  44. Agenda • SIMS Spring Update Content • Arrangements for Accessing OSMIS Support • Arrangements for Health Check Visits • Arrangements for Accessing Consultancy • Training Schedule Summer 2014

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